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If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

Is there anyone USC isn’t interested in that’s entered the transfer portal this week?

“When you’re 15-plus (scholarships) below the baseline, 85, I don’t know if there’s a position that’s exempt from that,” USC assistant coach Roy Manning said. “You don’t have a disadvantage competitively, so it’s our duty and obligation to make sure that this team is sufficient from a number standpoint.”

  • Florida State linebacker Jadarius Green-McKnight, a Class of 2020 four-star recruit, entered the transfer portal Thursday. USC is interested, naturally.
  • Former USC safety Chase Williams has transferred to San Jose State. I was worried Williams might not find a school because there is a considerable group of players that are still looking for a college. The transfer portal isn’t always great for the athlete.
  • Art Bartner, the former USC band director, will be signing copies of his autobiography Saturday and Sunday at the USC Bookstore. If you go, tell him that former USC professor Frank Baxter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and won seven Emmys. Why do I say this? Remember what I said about the egos of some USC professors.
  • The actress Sharon Gless will also be at USC this weekend too for the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Her husband, Barney Rosenzweig, was a popular male cheerleader at USC in the 1950’s.
  • You can pay $14 to park on campus Saturday and walk to the Coliseum or $25 to park at the Coliseum.

RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK

MICELI’S

1646 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood (1949)

The oldest Italian restaurant and pizzeria in Hollywood. It might be known for its singing waiters, some of whom worked in Broadway shows.

Or maybe it’s better known for a scene in “The Terminator.”

Sarah Conner is being pursued, runs into Miceli’s and goes upstairs to the bar. A news report  is being broadcast on the bar’s TV,  asking the public for anyone with the name of Sarah Connor to call the police. She goes over to the pay phone (which was installed for the movie) but it’s out of order and she runs out. I’ll be back.

Past customers at Miceli’s included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe.

  • Speaking of DiMaggio and Monroe, this is something few remember. In the late 1950’s, the famous duo attended a USC game. The pair sat in a VIP section of the Coliseum. At halftime, ABC-TV wanted to interview DiMaggio so he came into the pressbox and went to the broadcast booth. He was not joined by Monroe, who remained in the stands.

Imagine the scene if a comparable celebrity sighting happened today at the Coliseum?

  • And now for some history:
  • This glorious color photo looks like the 1967 USC-UCLA game. Bruin star QB Gary Beban is being pursued by Trojan All-American Jimmy Gunn. It’s worth noting Gunn wore No. 56 in 1967 before he switched to No. 83 in 1968.
  • Can you name a USC player who started consecutive Rose Bowls at opposite positions?

The answer is Bill Redding, who started at middle guard in 1968 and center in 1969. Redding had 20 tackles in a 20-13 victory over Oregon in 1968 and was all-Pac-8 Conference.

But he switched to center in 1969 and started every game that season. He was 6-foot-1, 233 pounds and ran a 4.6 40-yard dash.

I previously mentioned how USC had good luck moving defensive linemen to the offense (Ron Yary, John Vella). Redding was another example. After college, he was also a graduate assistant at USC.

This photo below is from 1969 so it’s possible Redding is buried somewhere in there. He wore No. 56.

  • You didn’t get much of a roster in 1931 judging by this USC-Notre Dame game program from that season. But it’s a significant game because USC snapped Notre Dame’s 26-game unbeaten streak with a 16-14 victory in South Bend.

More than 300,000 attended a ticker-tape parade in Los Angeles to celebrate the Trojans’ victory. Remember, the team had to take a train back from Notre Dame in those days. USC won the national championship that season.

And here’s a photo from the game.

  • Last week I told the story of Stubby Shaw punching one of his customers through the swinging doors at his bar on Figueroa and 37th street. He was also a fixture to students in the 1950’s and would sponsor intramural basketball teams that featured actual players like Jim Kaufman and Danny Rogers.
  • Here’s Art Brewster from 1982 with a tribute to Bruce Matthews and Don Mosebar.
  • Does it ever get better than Ricky Bell on a game program in 1975.
  • In 1975, the San Fernando High School trio of wide receiver Kevin Williams (32), tailback Charles White (12) and quarterback Kenny Moore (22) were all named L.A. Section Player of the Year. And they all went to USC.
  • This was the golden age of San Fernando football. It won the City title in 1974 and 1975. White and Williams became stars at USC so I want to focus on Moore, who actually was probably the biggest name of the group in high school.

Moore also was the L.A. City Player of the Year in 1974. He was only the second player to win Player of the Year twice in the City Section.

He had 4,085 yards in total offense at San Fernando, rushing for 19 touchdowns and passing for 27. He was a Parade All-American and was the brother of former USC players Manfred and Malcolm Moore.

He also played defensive back, which was his position in college. While Moore was at USC, he played with some of the best safeties in school history (Dennis Thurman, Ronnie Lott, Dennis Smith).

146 thoughts on “If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column”

    1. MICELI’S

      1646 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood (1949)

      Isn’t that the place where Baretta (Robert Blake) offed his wife?

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    1. John Dimagio. We’re moving forward here. ED’s been talking about John for a long time. Now we know his last name. Joe is dead so it can’t be him. Where would we locate such a character…..probably only in ED’s mind.

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  3. Jadarious Green-McKnight has the physical stature of a cornerback, which is probably why he was on the bench at Florida State. 🤔🤔 And those are some great photos of Charles White, Kevin Williams, and Malcom Moore. That trio will never be duplicated in LA City High School football, because the demographics have drastically changed. Soccer has taken over football in the city section, but thank goodness they’re still competitive in basketball.

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  4. It’s Riley show eve, and nary a word about it? If I had known about Bartner’s signing autographs I might have made the pilgrimage, but alas I will be out of town.
    I don’t know how many Trojan fans hate going into the downtown area like I do, but it would be an interesting poll to find out.
    The whole closed in feeling of Los Angeles is more than I can tolerate for more than a day at a time. I was born in Inglewood but my parents moved to Covina shortly after that. I worked at 4th and Spring in an old bank building where a bogus trade school was swindling JTPA funds from the government. I took a train and bus to work, and was never brown enough for the company. The biggest thing of bother was walking anywhere for lunch. The smell of urine emanating from doorways was horrible and those who marked their territory in said doorways would follow you too and fro.
    I guess I never had a good experience downtown.

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  6. Actually, Ghost, I get that closed-in feeling in any large world city I have ever been in, but there is always an escape hatch to a large park. In London there is Kensington, Paris has a large park annexed to its new section, and in L.A. a mile out is Elysian Park and Historical Park.

    1931 and 300,000 L.A.ers meet the conquering Trojans as they embark from a 2-day Chicago train ride. That is 10- times larger than any Dodgers, Lakers, or Rams “parade.”

    Those were the days when SC football was the sports king of L.A., largely due to having no professional or sucla competition.

    And Scottie, please stop running these yummy food and restaurant reflections. You are ruining my diet!

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    1. You can always visit MacArthur Park and possibly see something floating in what the Missus & I refer to as “Body Lake”.

      I know the Avenues boys were charging homeless people rent at MacArthur before the recent cleanup.

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  8. Preceding Charles White’s team was a San Fernando Valley squad led by quarterback Anthony Davis aka A.D. It was the 1970 City Championship game between San Fernando and Granada Hills, and on the kickoff A.D. took it all the way back for a touchdown (sound familiar?). However, Granada Hills had an All-City quarterback, Dana Pagett or something I think, and he carved up San Fernando.

    And I will never forget that just before the game ended, about 50 angry San Fernando fans began to march across to the Granada Hills stands before they were stopped. (I wonder if they all later attended sucla)

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  9. One of your finest columns to date Wolf. Congrats on becoming a journalist and writer instead of simply being the snark master we have come to know.

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  10. That 74/75 San Fernando football team was amazing. Kenny Moore the QB, and they featured 3 running backs in the same backfield similar to the wishbone with Ray Williams ( Washington State), Kevin “Bug” Williams (USC), and of course Charles White. No one could stop that offense.

    Ken Williams, was quite small but became a clutch receiver for USC because of his great speed. Unfortunately, he has now passed away after a train accident.

    What has happenned to Charles White. He use to work at USC, but you never hear of him anymore which makes me wonder if he is in bad health.

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    1. I’m sickened by this link, Charles! [I’m sure I’ll have more to say after I’ve studied it for about 45 more minutes]…
      #..Or…
      #…AnHour,Tops

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    2. Charles. Even if I were not a Catholic I would STILL kick Amber out of the bed. What a pair they make. Thanx for the read bro. You gave us a lot of good reads already this morning. Sincere thanks again !!!!!!!!!

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      1. Actually George, Amber is the type of good-looking female that if I met her and knew nothing about her, I would say, “Amber, please do not tell me anything about you, and in fact, don’t even open your mouth, and if you follow my instructions, we will have a marvelous time together.”

        P.S. It pays not to have Catholic morals.

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      3. LJ. Catholic morals??? Yeah. Would you believe I was a virgin until I got married ????????

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  12. OK MICHAEL. CAL. AND SO CSL. HOW DID YOU GET THAT WORD THRU. I STILL CANT DO IT. ONE OF YOU PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON THE OL DOG. WHAT IS YOUR SECRET??? PLEASE HELP.

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      1. Hi 67. I think you’re getting revenge for the Robin thing. I used lower case two months ago when I tried to tell that great joke. Haha. Ok. Call it even now bro ????

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      2. George, no harm done, I actually thought that Scottie’s two-bit AI moderator might be case sensitive! All best, brother!

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    2. Zeros…not O’s…..
      #DoIt!
      #You’llFeelGreat!
      #IDid!
      [Later today Cal75 will harmonize the laws of quantum mechanics with the theory of relativity]…..

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      1. Thank you Michael. And Steve on the previous thread. It’s sad when the Golden Bears beat the Trojans———— OUR STURDY GOLDEN BEAR IS WATCHING FROM HIS LAIR. LOOK DOWN UPON OUR COLORS FAIR. AND GUIDE US FROM THEIR LAIR. OUR BANNER GOLD AND BLUE. THE SYMBOLS ON IT TOO. SAY FIGHT FOR CALIFORNIA FOR CALIFORNIA THRU AND THRU——- LIGHTS OUT !!!!!!!!!

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      4. Can’t take credit. The “Zeroes Thing” is all Cal75’s. Can’t you see him doing the Dr. Frankenstein bit when he got past the moderator: “Ahaa –It’s Alive! It’s Alive!”

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      2. Ha! [All I can say in my defense, steveg49: Sometimes it’s necessary to overstate your position to bring opponents to the middle ground]…..

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  14. Just when you think that Scottie has hit the peak of the mountain, he shows he can rise higher. Great stuff. Literally nowhere else on God’s green earth can you find this. Maybe a Presidential Medal of Freedom candidate.

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    1. ……Biden’s LAST official act before he’s removed under 25th Amendment for soiling himself at Cabinet meeting and trying to hide the evidence in Garland’s legal binder…..
      #…InHisFIRSTOfficialActTrumpGivesScott2ndMedalOfFreedom…
      #MakingScottFirstManToWinAwardTwice

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      1. How sad is it that we have to hope & pray he lasts as long as possible, because of what is waiting in the wings?!

        1,005 days to go.

        #81mIdiotsVotedForThis

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      2. …probably more like 69 million….
        #[TheCountMinusTheCovid”MedicalEmergency”AbsenteeVoting..
        #[..WhichLackedStatutorilyMandated”ChainOfCustody”OnBallots]..
        #So…Only69MillionIdiots

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      3. Not one of Potus’s best moments: Not once, not twice, but three falls, and Joe is down!

        Need an elevator installed on Airforce 1.

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      4. I hate myself for saying it …but…I never get enough of this clip…
        #OrTheOneWhereHeBragsAboutJillAsV.P.UnderObama..
        #[WhenHeStartsBlinkingYaKnowSomethingGreatIsComingOut]..

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      5. I am really worried about those stairs on AF 1. Given how many times Joe goes down pretty much every time he rides the big dog, the chance of hitting his noggin and jostling his shrunken brain is pretty high. Then we have Kamala the Kackler in charge.

        #NoBueno

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      6. Check out the part, after he completes the triple, where he says to himself, “Oh fuck —now I have to still turn around and salute….but I’ll make it quick by not moving my hand much above my waste…”
        #WorstSaluteEVER

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      7. What’s really funny is, the whiny little shit who tries to claim I can’t read obviously can’t read himself. He’s claimed that DT is our “hero”.

        MG & I (and possibly a couple of others) have stated quite clearly we don’t care for the guy at all. We were merely smart enough to know a corrupt, weak, cowardly old man with dementia was not the solution!

        You had to have been completely brain dead to have thought so.

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      8. Every time I hear Trump speak I think “Crap, I wish he were smarter”….then I hear the other guys speak and realize Trump’s the best we got for now….
        #During2016DebatesWeSawHowWeakBabyBush&CompanyWere…

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      9. A buddy of mine is right. He puts all of this on the Biden family.

        Any one of us who had a loved one in his condition would have never supported his candidacy. We would have done everything we could to shield them from public ridicule and possibly physical harm, from the demands of the role.

        But being First Lady was too important to Jill and Hunter peddling daddy’s influence was too important to the family coffers. So they pushed him out there!

        Very sad.

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      10. DT is smart enough for the role. He’s just too childish at times and not diplomatic enough.

        I know he also got beat up for being narcissistic. But if I got beat up in the media as much as he did (much of it undeserved), I’d be patting myself on the back once in a while, too.

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      11. Obama told Joe not to run. Didn’t endorse him until the last possible moment. Even though Joe tried to butter him up by saying that Michelle was Veep:

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      12. So Cal,
        Have you ever in your life let anything go?
        Have at it with your cronies all weekend here. I have better things to do.
        Bye!

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      13. Check out the first seconds of the Hillary clip —it almost sounds as though Hillary’s conscience kicked in for a split second and she starts to say “terrible” before she self corrects and says crazy joe is doing “great.”

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      14. Say what you want about Obama, he was smart enough to know Joe was a horrible candidate and was going to make an even worse President. Only when he had no choice, but to support him did he.

        Orange man bad. Age spot man good.

        #AllTheBloodIsOnHandsOfBidenVoters

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      16. Haven’t checked in as much lately but I see the shit hasn’t gotten any less entertaining.

        Agree that this post by Scott is one that few if anybody left around here could replicate in recounting local FB (and other) history.

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  15. Hard to believe that back in 1969, before training and diet and all that stuff, a 6-foot-1, 233 pound starting defensive lineman who ran a 4.6 40-yard dash was moved to center. That is how good and how fast the Wild Bunch were.

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      1. Carols husband was Gary Moore. A great couple. Thanx for spending this time together. Much much better than Sparrow and Amber. This crap is really bad. MG. You described it as Slap. Punch. Betrayal Crap on. Slice and dice. Are you giving us a preview of your new upcoming novel ??

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      2. The graphic novel is pretty tame stuff compared to Johnny and Amber…
        #IfYouLikeAmber,George,It’sTimeToSee”PineappleExpress”Again…
        #[AllTheDangerSignsWereThereIn,WhatTheCopsCall,”PlainView”]….

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      2. President Hot Lips steers clear of the football program … otherwise she might succumb to its toxic masculinity.

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      3. Maybe President Fixodent would be more accurate, though she can still score a few points with boys when she takes her teeth out.

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      6. Carlos Mencia did a bit about ugly guys having the balls to ask any girl to dance, cuz they’d been rejected their whole lives. They didn’t care.

        If they got rejected again, they’d just move on to the next one!

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      7. I think asking a girl for anything three times brings it close to harassment/stalking.

        #ButILikeWhereYour”Head”IsAt

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      8. The guy on the plane sure crossed that line of harassment! LMAO!

        The look on his face after getting pummeled showed how intoxicated he was.

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      10. Marvienna — I’d hate to think of where your rules of conduct would land Rhett Butler…..
        #TimeForSupremeCourtToExcise”CarryScarlettUpTheStairs”Scene…
        #AndAllTheAggressiveKissingIn”TheQuietMan”…
        #It’llMakeForSuchABetterWorld

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  17. I believe that 1931 victory over Notre Dame was the Fighting Irish’s first loss ever at Notre Dame Stadium.

    #TheGreatestIntersectionalRivalryInAllOfCollegeFootball

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      2. Please don’t give A. G. Garland any ideas….
        #Headline:JusticeDept.GoesAfterMichigan/OhioStateGame…
        #…ClaimsItViolatesPrinciplesOfCarterV.CarterSteel

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    3. CHEER CHEER FOR OL NOTRE DAME. RANKED NUMBER ONE TILL THE TROJAN GAME——- hum that to the tune of the Victory March—- perfectamente.

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  18. If you look at the Brewster photo closely at the bottom it mentions the academic bona fides of both Matthews and Mosebar.

    #USCAGreatAcademicInstitution?

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      1. As long as the athletes stayed academically eligible, right?

        #Now,StayingEligibleByForegoing”ExtraBenefits,”That’sAnotherStory

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  19. “You can pay $14 to park on campus Saturday and walk to the Coliseum or $25 to park at the Coliseum”

    OR…you can hire owns and his ’94 Lincoln Town Car for a ride to and from, anywhere within a 20 mile radius of the Colli, for $30, with a Groupon coupon.

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    1. Take a cab …get out after ride…pretend to be looking inside your wallet…. then take off & run through coliseum gates…
      #WorksForF.U.EverySaturdayOfTheSeason…

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  20. Trump is a venal AH. The man tried to stage a political coup that apparently doesn’t faze the Ratpublican bozo scum on this blog.

    #F**k the Ratpublicans.

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  21. The hundreds of millions worth of free advertising JB got from the state run media was election manipulation/fraud all on its own. The manner in which they covered up his mental and physical decline was bad enough. But add to that the cover up of Hunter’s financial dealings on Joe & Jim’s behalf? We’re seeing why he’s so afraid to get involved in Europe! He doesn’t want the family’s dirty laundry coming out and Putin knows this!

    On top of that the boxes that were snuck into the mix that night, that were statistically unheard of at 80-100% for Joe?! Please.

    Then to ridiculously call it in an “insurrection”?! Give me a break. If it had been an insurrection there would have been thousands of shots fired and a lot of blood. It was a bunch of knuckleheads letting off steam.

    To treat them any differently than the protesters who destroyed hundreds of businesses and looted for the thrill of it just shows what crazy double standards there are on the left.

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    1. No, So Cal! It was an insurrection! The bloodiest in history! Way worse than the French or Russian revolutions. I couldn’t bear to watch the carnage, the broken glass, burning fires & bodies in the street [oh, wait —that was something else].

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    2. With all due respect SoCal you’re FOS. Biden doesn’t want caskets of DEAD AMERICAN SOLDIERS coming home from the Ukraine. NATO is CS, as usual, to confront the bully Russians.

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      1. Owns,

        Save your political prowess to rooting for uclol.

        NATO will extend this conflict til the ROOSKIES are BK like 1992. All this was for the Russians was a resource grab. Russia does two things. They manufacture war implements and have an EXTRACTION BUSINESS. War machinery to steal natural resources. Very simple business plan. If you think Pooty gives two shits about those people then you are one naive uninformed sob.

        God have mercy on the people over there.

        We want their lithium and titanium and so help me we’re going to get it.

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      2. Wouldn’t have had to worry about it at all, if DT were still in office. Russia wouldn’t have even pulled this shit.

        They knew they could ignore the frail, weak old man’s senile thoughts about what they do.

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    1. And he’s not classless enough and chicken shit enough to bring up my wife.

      Have to give JO credit where credit is due.

      The douche is right. I’ll never let that one go.

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      3. Wait a minute Michael, the guy is left, as in opposite of political right, although of course you did not intend that meaning, but never leave yourself open on this blog, my friend!

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  23. OWNS is excited about attending UCLA’s home opener vs. UC Davis. He wants to attend with the other fans who will feed the pigeons who often drop on all the numerous empty seats at the Rose Bowl.
    We should all admire OWNS he really supports his team despite 0 Pac 12 football championships in over 20 years, and really wants to give UCLA some rent money so they are not evicted from the Rose Bowl after this season. Please also remember this is the guy who says USC plays a cupcake schedule which is hardly the case.

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      2. Sorry Michael that I pick on you so much, but you are the only one on the blog who does not take it personally except perhaps Eddie G., so I take my liberties.

        But the colors of Oklahoma U (not THE Oklahoma U) are crimson and cream. So it would be more accurate to say that Oklahoma crimson and cream creamed sucla

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    2. Tommyd, if you think Rice Univ. anything but a stale cupcake you’re full of sh*t. UCLA isn’t afraid to schedule UC Davis, and won’t pay them 100k to drop out of UCLA 2022 FB schedule like Clown U.

      #UC Davis to SUCC: Don’t call us, will call you.
      #62-33

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      1. That 62 -33 score is deceptive. As Donte pointed out, “We were in that game right up till the final 4 minutes –we just needed to score once a minute [and get a 2 pointer] to take it to overtime.”
        Speaking of overtime, I’m all for dropping it. Let’s go back to the days of ties so that overtime games don’t throw off programming.

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  24. Scooter,

    I ahve been to Micheli’s in the North Hollywood store. Awesome food. I ahve not been back since the virus started. I ahve seen Steve Peerry from journey there. That is where I proposed to my future ex wife. Great atmosphere and great time.

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    1. Oh yeah, the virus, the problem that has been eradicated by the cooperative American public– or not!

      I will wear a mask until the pigeons come home. This “thing” is alive and well, and loves America because we are last on the list of world countries controlling the “thing”

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      1. No one begrudges anyone who wants to wear one. Just not mandates from someone who claimed he’d never issue mandates for masks or vaccines.

        Heck, riding a bus or metrolink, visiting a doctor’s office? Probably a good idea.

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  26. Watching a French Open women’s match … hardly any fans in the stands. Cowardly Macron following the path of the ignominious Vichy; looking for someone or something or anything to surrender to.

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      2. Re Carla Bruni and Margaret Trudeau, is there French-speaking First Lady who hasn’t F’d a Rolling Stone?

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      3. Despite all their public protests, the French will naturally choose failure and re-elect Macron over Le Pen. Where’s Madame Dufarge!?

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      4. No, So Cal –I’m embarrassed to say I’m watching re-runs of Burn Notice, eating left over Tristan Lobster from Mama’s…
        #[Yeah,IMakeMyselfSick,Too]….

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  30. I bet Wiley woke up this morning with a bunch of butterflies in his stomach.
    This is his debut and he does not want his boys imitating Ton-o-Hel’s
    Keystone Cops. He doesn’t want SC already evicting him from his $18-million home.
    So maybe he put in a word to the referees about turning a blind eye if spotting a false start or an offsides.

    And who do I root for, soaring-and-scoring or ripping-and-stripping?
    What a dilemma. I think I will read about it in the papers tomorrow.

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    1. You’re a 100% right about the need to keep the refs out of it today, John — work on procedure penalties off camera.
      Who do we root for? Health. We don’t want to see either of our QB’s tweaked —-or, for that matter, anybody else. This is the thinnest we’ve been in a long time & we can’t afford any injuries.

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  31. OWNS- Looks like even the players at UCLA are jumping off the ship at UCLA especially on defense due to the lack of interest in UCLA football. The Rose Bowl will be empty the entire season, and the players know the program is sinking so they are getting out of Dodge. Only girls wear powder blue uniforms on Saturdays, and even with “free tickets” no one goes to UCLA football games. UCLA Football will be homeless soon the State of California is tired of paying the rent for UCLA at the Rose Bowl.

    Ucla DL Odua Isibor hits the portal

    Guy signed in 2017 and played a lot as a reserve. Had 57 tackles and 5.5 sacks in his career at ucla. According to Bra, he was in a good position to be a starter and has been in with the 1’s all spring. Que pasa Bruins?

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    1. Chip Kelly: “It’s okay if they fire me in December— there probably won’t be a football team here next year anyway.”

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      1. Chip Kelly for the money. No passion in that program. They should be in contention every year.

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  32. 150 hits between sports seasons –Scott is the Man.
    [I just went looking for updates on Helton’s Spring Game — Georgia Southern’s site sez, “for subscribers only!”]…
    #Yeah,That’llBeTheFuckingDay

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  33. Well the spring game is here. Which one of these cupcake players will have a season ending injury today? Caleb maybe? Dye?, my money is on that softy overhyped Korey Foreman. Heard he went to high school with Jackson. They are both softie’s!

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  34. Scott, your column is amazing as always.

    Is it possible to get the picture of (supposed) Bill Redding as a separate attachment so it can be downloaded and printed. That is me blocking in front of Clarence Davis and I am not in that many pictures. Need it for the Grandkids.

    Thanks, Fred Khasigian ________________________________

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